Reading

I mentioned how I've read at least a couple of books, or the equivalent, per week all my life. I don't really "get" people who don't read, even though there are many, many of them. For me it's like not breathing.

I remember having a discussion at nine or ten with a playmate. He insisted Batman could fly. He proved it by pointing to a drawing in a comic where Batman was hovering under the ceiling in a room. He had not read the text, which said that a big magnet was pulling up Bats by the metal things in his gadget belt. It was a shock to me that he did not read the text in his comic books.


Update:
ganesha games said...
I broke up with a girlfriend when I realized that having her around all the time was preventing me from reading. 'Nuff said.

eolake said...
ROTFL!!
Exactly. If that had really been the case, I would have done the same thing. And I think *very* few people have their priorities that way around. Most people will change *everything* for their lover.